Shipping tag



Feb- 19, 1924 v H. VAN STELTEN SHIPPING'ITAG Filed April 6, 1923 Jays EEJIIHIHIIIII l RICHARDROE BOSTON MASS Patented Feb. 19, 1924.

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Th n nt n elates to new and use e. improvements in tags, and particularly to tags used in shipping articles back and forth between two parties. 7 One object of the inventign is to provide a tag of this character which includes means for shifting the namesandaddreSSeS, or the addresses, of the sender and receiver, so that the handlers can readily ascertain to 'whom an article is consigned and from whom it was consigned.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction, easy and effective in operation, and which can be manufactured at a low cost.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is .a perspective view of a tag made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sec-.

tional view on the line 3-3' of Figure 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the back plate of the tag, and 11 the front plate thereof, the latter being formed with a pair of Iongitudinal parallel slots 12. Disposed against the inner face of the front plate 11 is the movable address plate 13, the same being arranged to be slipped vertically to expose a, different address through each opening or slot 12. Disposed longitudinally of the tag, and in front of the back plate 10, is a lever 14, the intermediate portion of which carries a rivet 15, which is also secured to the center of the plate 13. Be-

tween the lever 14, and the plate 13, there is disposed a rectangular plate 16, the same being of the same width as the plates 10 and 11, but slightly shorter, one end of the plate 16 being disposed in alignment rage. ser l ,No, sso,ee2.

with h Plat s loland aton end d secured thereto by means of the rivets17; The other end of theplate '16 is secured to the otherends of the plateslO and 11,

18 being' disposed between the ends of the plate 16 and the plates 10 and 11, whereby to provide a working space forthe leve'r 14, as clearly seen in the sectional views, of the drawing. In the intermediate por: tion of the plate 16 there is formed a slot 19, which extends transversely of the plate, and'receives slidably therethrough the rivet 15,, of the lever 14, and the address plate 13. The other end of the lever 14 is formed with an elongated slot 20, which receives one of the rivets 17 therethrough, and

whereby the lever is mounted for pivotal movement. The slot fprovides for the slight longitudinal play 0 the plate 13,, when the lever is swung on its pivot.

In one end of the back plate 10 there are formed two openings 21, with either one of which a similar opening 22, formed in the adjacent end of the lever 14,. is arranged to register to receive the wire or band of the seal 23, whereby to prevent movement of the plate '13. r

Adjacent the upper slot 12 theword To is printed, or otherwise formed on the front plate 11, while the word From is formed adjacent the other slot 12. On the front face of the plate 13 the address of the sender, and the address of the receiver, are printed twice in alternate order, so that when the plate 13 is shifted downwardly the name of the receiver, and the address thereof, will appear in the upper slot 12, while the name and address of the sender will appear in the lower slot. lever 14 is pushed upwardly the name and address of the original senderwill appear in the upper slot, and the name and address of the receiver will appear in the lower slot.

When the Thus, an article may be shipped from a,

dealer to a purchaser, and the empty package returned to the dealer, and by shifting the plate 13, in the proper direction, the tag willshow, in the first instance from the dealer to the purchaser, and in the second addresses of the dealer or sender, and the 00 inwardly of theend faces thereof, spacers said slots in one order, and means for shiftmgthe name and address plate to reverse the order in which the names and addresses appear through the slots.

2; A shipping tag incl on the first plate and having duplicated names and addresses arranged to [appear through the slots; and a lever carried by the body and connected with the said plate for moving the second plate to display first one set of names and addresses" and then the other set through the slots.

3. A shipping tag includingfa front and back plate, the front plate, having longitudinal slots therein, a plate slidably mounted between the front and back plates and having-a name and address for display through each of the slots, a leverpivotally V I ding a body hav-r ing a pair of slots, a plate slidably mounted;

supported at one end between the frontand back plates and having its intermediate p01 tion 'pivotally connected with the slidable I pivotal movement 4. A shipping tag ncludinga frontand aback plate, the frontplate havingsight' openings a'nam'e' and address plate 'slidable between the "front andback plates,"a lever" V for moving the address plate to alternate the display of the names and]addresses through the sight openings, one end of the lever and the'corresponding end of the back plate beingiorrned with openings for the reception oft-a lockingf nieansfor maintaining the s'lidable plate'againstmovement,

' In. testimony whereof, I have afiiXed m signature in the'presence oi two Witnesses.

- HARRY VAN STELTEN. V VVit-nesses: V 1;

I H. WESTPHAL,

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